Semi-blind channel estimation using the EM algorithm in iterative MIMO APP detectors

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3165-3173

  Khalighi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Boutros, Joseph Jean ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Bitinterleaved coded modulation; Channel estimation; Expectation maximization; Iterative detection; MIMO systems; Semi blind estimation; Training sequences

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); SIGNAL DETECTION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BIT INTERLEAVED CODED MODULATION (BICM); CHANNEL ESTIMATION; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION (EM); ITERATIVE DETECTION; SEMI-BLIND ESTIMATION;

CHANNEL CAPACITY;

EID: 33846217840     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2006.04781     Document Type: Article

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